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by Michael Ditmore 21 Feb '22

21 Feb '22

Hello All I have 2 QYT transceivers looking for a good home. One is a QYT 7900D and the other a QYT 8900D Both are fully programmed with BARC frequencies but have audio quirks I don’t have time to troubleshoot. Both come with brand new mics First come! Michael W7HUT Sent from my iPhone

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Guy point photos
by David Hackleman 16 Feb '22

16 Feb '22

Here are photos to accompany my previous post. Guy point 1 shows the wood blocks screwed together, with eyelet attached, and painted to match the eave because it shows from the street. This is actually for my Cubex quad, admittedly a much lighter load, not the HF antenna. Guy point 2 shows a relatively small C-clamp used as an attachment point. I didn't bother to paint it because it only shows in the backyard and who cares. Guy point 3 shows a "guy point of opportunity," at my breezeway roof. Again, not painted. Guy point 4 shows another guy point of opportunity, a fourth one at my tree. The guy rope is the one with bumps where I tied the Dacron fragments together, attached to an eyelet just above the bump on the tree. Mast tie point photo shows where I lashed the mast to another clamp with nylon rope. This arrangement has stood the test of time. Any critiques are welcome! K6VML

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Suggestions for installing guywires on roof
by Ludovico Cavedon 16 Feb '22

16 Feb '22

Hello, I am planning on installing a push-up mast and I am wondering what the best way to attach the guywires to the roof is. The mast is a push-up 30-ft mast attached to the ground and the side of the building in the corner where the building makes an "L" in the picture below: [image: PXL_20220213_192851996.jpg] I will attach two sets of guywires, one set at 20ft and the other one at the top (30ft). However, I am unsure about what the best way is to attach the guywires to the roof. Do you have any recommendations? Can I trust some eyebolts? How long do you think they should be? How would you seal the whole? Silicone caulk? More pictures here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/CDKbVeXSthENVkWX6 Thank you! Ludovico

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Four antenna images
by Jim Smart 11 Feb '22

11 Feb '22

One of Rob's 2 meter, 220, and 440 antenna next to my J-pole. It is about 10 feet off the ground. The other three images are of the Hustler and its radial system. We live 740 Cambridge Road, Santa Barbara. Jim AE6EG Antenna system backyard.IMG_0177.jpg <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q2tpum8n7kAFxlIGSjPtOy5IYEGWg3vg/view?usp=…> Antenna system backyard.MG_0174.jpg <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZB7iQPLR4RuyXdNxxnrP4y779h15qBqW/view?usp=…>

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Here is photo of antenna now using
by Jim Smart 11 Feb '22

11 Feb '22

Instead of double extended zepp. Jim, Each of the 3 antenna radials must be the same length for the following band you are transmitting on. 2.00 meters, 146.00 MHz, 19.00 inches 1.25 meters, 223.50 MHz, 11.50 inches 0.70 meters, 435.00 MHz, 18.00 inches Here [image: Rob's 2 meter antenna received Feb 6. 2022.Image.png]

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AE6EG antenna
by Dave Schmidt 11 Feb '22

11 Feb '22

Here's the antenna that Jim, AE6EG, was talking about on the TM&E net tonight. [image: image.png] Each of the 3 antenna radials must be the same length for the following band you are transmitting on. 2.00 meters, 146.00 MHz, 19.00 inches 1.25 meters, 223.50 MHz, 11.50 inches 0.70 meters, 435.00 MHz, 18.00 inches Dave AI6VX

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Winter field day going on this weekend.
by Dave Schmidt 29 Jan '22

29 Jan '22

For those that want to fire up your HF rigs, Winter Field Day is happening right now. Good time to see what you can hear and who you can hit. https://www.winterfieldday.com/_files/ugd/1c7085_0ef813621655469ca73adfb542… Dave ai6vx

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Joe Heumphreus of Santa Barbara, 1932-2021
by Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM 28 Jan '22

28 Jan '22

This was published this week, I believe: https://www.noozhawk.com/article/joe_heumphreus_of_santa_barbara_1932_2021 LCM Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM www.levimaaia.com +1.805.604.5384

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Any old timers remember this? (SBARC field day from the mid sixties)
by Dave Schmidt 27 Jan '22

27 Jan '22

I was reading new posts on 'Antique Radio Forums' and saw this post from someone that used to be an SBARC member back in the mid-sixties. The thread question was "What was your funniest moment in ham radio?" OK, you asked for it. This happened about 1964 or '65 and takes place at the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club field day site which was in the hills above the town: Because of the location that was chosen for the Field Day site, the two meter station had to be located a few hundred feet West of everyone else in order to get a line of sight shot into LA where all the contacts were. One of the hams drove his pickup truck down there and set me up as the two meter phone station. I had a borrowed Gonset Communicator III on the transmission hump of the truck, and a four element beam used for "T-Hunting" rigged to the driver's door where I could "armstrong" rotate it as needed. I worked about a hundred contacts for the club station and so contributed something to our overall score. However, I was the only operator for the two meter station. Therefore, as the wee hours arrived and the band was about "worked out", I was getting pretty sleepy. As I got sleepier and sleepier in my operating position behind the wheel of the pickup truck, I would nod off and my head would fall forward, coming to rest on the horn ring on the truck steering wheel. The resulting blast would wake me up and I would tune around hunting for a station I hadn't worked for awhile, and then boredom and weariness would overtake me, causing me to nod off again and the process would repeat. The next day, the camp was full of people grumpily enquiring what idiot kept blowing a car horn about every fifteen minutes around four o'clock in the morning !? People were trying to sleep! Once the cause became generally known, it became the joke of the camp. Fortunately for me, field day hams were a good-natured and tolerant lot in those days. 73, _________________ Jim T. KB6GM

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by Brian Milburn 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

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